Historical Fiction
The Watsons
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Jane Austen and L. Oulton
The Watsons is one of two novels that Jane Austen left unfinished at her death in 1817. The premise of The Watsons was known to Austen’s fam…
Petticoat Government
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Frances Milton Trollope
The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.
The Fat and the Thin
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Émile Zola
Florent, an escaped political prisoner, finds shelter with his half-brother Quenu, and his wife Lisa Quenu (a Macquart). They get him a job…
Bellarion the Fortunate
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Rafael Sabatini
This novel, in three parts, follows the adventures of a young man, Bellarion, after he leaves the safety of the monastery that had nurtured …
The Sin of Monsieur Antoine
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George Sand
This two volume book is a novelized social commentary of this famous author. It sets in play characters and events that bring to life her vi…
History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution
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Mercy Otis Warren
A contemporary three-volume history of the American Revolution written with an Enlightenment tone that covers the background of the era span…
Dorothy's Double
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G. A. Henty
This novel by G.A Henty, the second in a trilogy, continues the mystery of impersonation and stolen jewellery involving Dorothy Hawtrey. She…
Phineas Redux
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Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…
Max Havelaar
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Multatuli
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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Émile Zola
This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…
Through Swamp and Glade
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Kirk Munroe
The principal incidents in the story of Coacoochee, as related in the following pages, are historically true. The Seminole War, the most pro…
The Sense of the Past
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Henry James
Ralph Pendrel of New York City is bequested an 18th century house in London. He travels back in time and meets an ancestor of the same name…
Cup of Gold
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John Steinbeck
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History (1929) is John Steinbeck's first novel, a work of h…
You Wobbly Wink-Eyed Little Wop
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J. Clarence Edwards
To My BuddiesOf the U. S. Army—some three million in number; Of the 90th Division more specifically, and Particularly to the 315th Engineers…
The Story of a Patriot
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Upton Sinclair
"100%: The Story of a Patriot" dramatically recounts the adventures of a poor uneducated young man who lives by his wits and guile…
St Martin's Summer
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Rafael Sabatini
This rollicking story set in 17th-Century France centres on the young heiress, Valerie de la Vauvraye, and the crisis surrounding her marria…
Dr. Adriaan
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Louis Couperus
The fourth and final book in Louis Couperus' Books of the Small Souls quartet. Ten years have passed since the conclusion of The Twilight of…
Ginx's Baby
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Edward Jenkins
In the second half of the 19th century, London was becoming a wealthy, industrialized city. It attracted many working class people from near…
Gay-Neck
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
La Vendée
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Anthony Trollope
Trollope’s only historical novel is set during a rebellion against the Republic established by the French revolution. The rebellion occurred…